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To: neverdem
But for a man I know who was suicidally depressed and given ECT as a last resort, it did nothing to relieve his depression but destroyed some of his long-term memory.

Something I've always wondered..... If you lose some of your memory, be it short or long, how do you know that you're not remembering something that you once knew. If you don't remember it, how can you know that you knew it and aren't remembering it?

7 posted on 09/22/2006 9:47:42 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
Something I've always wondered..... If you lose some of your memory, be it short or long, how do you know that you're not remembering something that you once knew. If you don't remember it, how can you know that you knew it and aren't remembering it?

Think about last week. Imagine if you couldn't.
8 posted on 09/22/2006 9:50:17 PM PDT by kinoxi
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To: metmom
If you don't remember it, how can you know that you knew it and aren't remembering it?

If you don't live alone as a hermit, a friend or familty member is likely to notice, IMHO.

9 posted on 09/22/2006 10:42:48 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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